A post office in Ehime Prefecture failed to deliver approximately 1,200 "nengajo" (New Year's greeting cards) on Jan 1.
According to Japan Post's Shikoku branch, the post office in Yawatahama City did not collect any mail at two post boxes within their areas for two days after Dec 25, Fuji TV reported.
There were 1,213 uncollected items, most of which were "nengajo."
Japan Post discovered the insight when senders contacted the post office on Monday after the intended recipients told them their "nengajo" had not been delivered yet.
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Disillusioned
Wow! This is disgusting! Stop the press! How could have the 1,200 recipients survived the nightmare of not receiving their new year greeting cards? They must be mortified!
zones2surf
The dishonour of it all. They have brought disgrace upon Japan Post. I expect a ritual seppuku or two in order to atone for this. Well, at least a few deep bows in front of the cameras at the appropriate/specified angle.
Moonraker
No need to worry. Australia Post is still delivering Christmas cards. It will get around to New Year cards sometime around February. And not only that but prices are going up. One thing Japan does appear to have is a reasonably good delivery service.
smithinjapan
"Japan Post discovered the insight when senders contacted the post office on Monday after the intended recipients told them their “nengajo” had not been delivered yet."
Are people that sad that they need to contact others to check if they received something that should be sent without expectation of reward? or intended recipients call people to ask where their nengajyou are?
One of the reasons I quit writing/sending them by the traditional means entirely is because of this kind of expectation and the "giri-culture". Greeting cards cease to have any meaning when solicited and expected.
I hope everyone survived this travesty.
DaDude
A lot of Ehime is extremely rural. While you live minutes away from an Aeon Mall or Disneyland, nengajo provides them weeks of entertainment for people there.
shonanbb
I had to send anti-nengajo due to a death in the family. What a waste of money and time to send cards to everyone to tell them not to send one. Weird tradition.
Akula
There will be a few hoping mad folks down Nanyo way I am sure!
nath
Used to be that 99% of Nengajos were delivered on January 1st. Now you will be lucky to get some of yours by the 10th of January. I noticed this year (here in Okinawa) that there were no High School kids volunteering to deliver them. Only official postal workers. Maybe that's why the slowdown. Of course, more and more New Year's greetings are being done electronically. Facebook, Line, Twitter, etc.